rOWHTEEW MEDFORP (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wedneiday, June 28, I9S0
Writer Describes 1954 Attack
Of Suicide Plane on Portland
(Editor's not: Thli ii (lie third and
last In a lerlH on Oreinn and na
tional defrnse plannlnr. Today: tlvll
defense and war on Portland.)
A ground observer in the
Grays Harbor, Wash., area spots
the submarine from his lookout
post and reports it to the Seattle
filter center via direct telephone
hook-up. The center relays the
information to military officials
at western air defense headquar
ters at Fort Lewis, who, in turn,
notify Oregon filter centers at
Portland, Pendleton, The Dalles,
and Salem.
Ten minutes after the enemy
plane started its 115-mile trip to
Portland, most of the city's 400,
000 residents have gone under
ground or have taken shelter in
buildings. During the 11th min
ute, the 8-ton atom bomb ex
plodes in the plane 1,000 feet
above Portland.
During the explosion and sub
sequent fires, the majority of
Portland's 172,541 dwellings and
buildings are destroyed or dam
aged, a loss equal to a B-29 raid
by 270 airplanes loaded witl:
"conventional" bombs.
However, less than 10,000 re.s:
dents are killed and injured.
Yet only nine years before, ii
Hiroshima in 1945, one-third In
one-half of that city's 340,000
persons were casualties.
Here's why civil defense plan
ning saved lives in the mythical
raid on Portland:
1. Portlanders had advance 1
warning of the attack. A five
minute atom bomb attack warn
ing can reduce casualties by as
much as 80 per cent, accordini.'
to Lt. Col. T. R. Clinkscale-i ol
Si'attle. western air defense np
erations officer.
2. Residents rushed to shelter.
Any kind of shelter was better
than no protection at all against
burns, radiation, and explosive
pressure.
3. Well-dispersed fire and
medical equipment converged on
the city after the explosion.
Residents wore radioactive,
sensitive photographic "button''
plates, in order to be treated il
they caught too much radiation.
Mist deaths and injuries were
unavoidable because of crumb
ling buildings, flying debris, and
lethal pressure around the cen
ter of the blast which damaged
wooden buildings as far as six
Radiation deaths and deaths
miles away,
from burns were confined chief
ly to persons caught in the open.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki radia
tion and burns deaths ranged be
tween 50-B0 per cent of the total
casualty count because very few
persons took shelter.
So far in this make-believe
attack, one point is emphasized:
Just because an atom bomb
killed or injured more than 100,
000 Hiroshima residents doesn't
mean lt always has to kill that
many.
Quoting "To Be Or Not To Be"
iin outline on the atom bomb
and its effects published by the
New York Alumnus Chapter of
Tail Beta Pi:
"Consider how much the Jap
anese casualties could have been
reduced if:
"1. Air raid warnings had
been properly given and follow
ed. "2. People in the streets had
sought any type of shelter.
"3. All householders had been
trained to handle small fires.
"4. Fire-fighting equipment
had been reasonably adequate
and well-dispersed.
"5. Physicians and nurses hail
been well-dispersed and trained
to handle radiation sickness witli
adequate, well-dispersed medical
supplies."
Medford Artists to
Display Pictures
Brookings, June 28 Art ex
hibits at the fourth annual lily
festival here, July 2, 3, and 4.
will feature paintings of Eugene
Bennett and Clifford Platz, Med
ford, and Hal E. Bishop, Gold
Hill, festival officials have re
ported. Conducted tours through Illy
fields and lours of three slut,
parks are part of the program
for the festival. There will be ;
fireworks display and a carnival
A feature attraction will be i
lily parade on July 3. Fcstiva,
committeemen say the parade is
the only one of its kind in tin
world .
Azalea Garden club will spun
lor a flower show In addition
to the art exhibit. The flower
show will meet national stand
aids. Photography will be in
eluded in the art show this year.
Jamboree Scout News
The speclgl train carrying 311
northwest Boy scouts. 71 of them
from southern Oregon and north
ern California, was to arrive in
Valley Forge. Pa., yesterday
The boys, together with their 37
leaders, spout Monday in Wash
ington, D. C.
The next nine days will he
spent In the famous winter camp
of George Washington before the
boys start the return. The train
will cover a total of 8.000 miles
nd touch 25 states before re
turning. "
Those five points take in the
heart of our national civil de
fense planning program. When
disaster strikes, immediate or
ganized action will minimize ef
fects, save lives, restore morale
and insure early resumption of
normal life in the community.
And the key to the whole
planning system is our aid raid
warning and ground observation
corps. Although Oregon lags be
hind California and Washington
in that department, state offi
cials indicate that much im
provement is expected in the
state during the next 00 days.
Defense leaders here pointed
out that it is to Oregon's credit
that the slate has done its share
so far in setting up post-disaster
planning, but it remains Ore
gon's duty to bring the program
up to date by strengthening the
air raid warning and ground ob
servation departments.
Portland Man Hurt
When Hit by Train
Klamath Falls, Ore., June 28
(U.R Ruth E. Robison, 47,
Portland, lost his right hand and
suffered a crushed elbow and
head injuries when he apparent
ly was struck by a Southern Pa
cific train Monday night, rail
road officials reported today.
Railroad officials said the en
gineer of SP train No. 11 spotted
Robison lying beside the tracks
about two miles south of the
Cascade summit at 2:30 a. m. to
day. The train stopped and Robi
son was brought to the Klamath
MORE WORKERS ASKED
The Dalles, Ore., June 28
(U.RJG. H. Charters, manager of
The Dalles state employment
office, today appealed for an ad
ditional 500 cherry pickets to
help harvest the cherry crop in
The Dalles area.
Valley hospital here.
Attendants said Robison was
in a semi-conscious condition.
Officials surmised Robison
was struck by a train preceding
the southbound No. 11. It was
not determined why he was on
the tracks.
Dead line on Classified Arts:
5:30 p.m. for following day; 10 a.m.
Monday for Monday: noon Saturday
tor Sunday a.m.
Bend Weekly Paper
Suspends Publication
Bend, Ore., June 28 -.U.B
The weekly Bend Pilot has sus
pended publication.
C. L. McCallistcr, publisher,
announced in the Sunday, June
26, issue that the weekly news
paper was suspending publica
tion. The paper had published on
Sundays.
McCallister said the paper's
job shop would continue opera-lion.
Portland, Ore., June 28 (U.R)
Mrs. Mary Ager evacuated her
home here yesterday after a dog
chased a skunk under it.
Dead line for Sunday Classified Is
at Noon Saturdays.
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